Reading this thread I was trying to find something comparable, and clearly attending some class of a normal teacher wouldn't do, as an initiation is part of Rawat's teaching. I thought of learning to drive, with the driving test as the initiation, but that didn't work as you can pass or fail a driving test, but no one is ever tested on how well they meditate. So what is there that we can learn, but there is no measure afterwards on how well we have learnt it? Sure, there are loads of evening classes without any examinations - I attended one on social psychology about ten years ago - but no one counts how many of the students still believe or follow what they were taught.The only thing I can think of that is comparable is joining a religion, with the measure being whether one still believes. Even then, without public records of who joined the religion, it's impossible to do a statistical analysis to determine how many still believe. So the only measure we have is attendance at religious services. For EV, these are events with Rawat (after all, he does ask his students to come and see him), and even these figures EV don't publish, well not publicly! 
By this standard, the Rawat religion is in freefall. The Rawat business will of course continue as long as there's sufficient cash coming in.
John.
